Is FAIRBORN PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM's water safe to drink?
FAIRBORN PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM has a health-based violation on record, but none in the last five years - an older issue, not necessarily a current one. It serves 34,620 people through 14,028 service connections.
How this compares nationally
FAIRBORN PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM has 9 violations on record in total, 4 of thems health-based - ranking it 4,422th of 12,903 systems by violation count, the 66th percentile nationally.
How FAIRBORN PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM compares within OH
FAIRBORN PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM's 4 health-based violations sit within the OH average of 5.5, across 394 systems statewide. The clean-record guide covers what a comparison like this can hide.
Most recent violation on record
The last violation EPA has on record for FAIRBORN PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM is from 2026-03-12 (health-based: 2000-01-04). Last reported to EPA: 05/15/2026.
What kind of problem, specifically
FAIRBORN PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM's flagged contaminants and rule violations, grouped by what they actually mean for a filter choice rather than left as EPA's raw code list:
- Microbial contamination / treatment technique - flagged from: Coliform (TCR)
The most severe category on record is microbial contamination / treatment technique, which points toward a microbial-class filter if you want to address it directly.
What this data is and is not
Everything on this page is FAIRBORN PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM's own reported record under the Safe Drinking Water Act - a regulatory filing, not a sample of your tap. This record - 4 health-based violations on file for FAIRBORN PUBLIC WATER SYSTEM - stops at the meter and cannot see household plumbing on the other side of it. The guide to what this data misses covers that gap.